CITY OF LAFAYETTE v. RICHARD

No. 88-688.

549 So.2d 909 (1989)

CITY OF LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rose RICHARD, Widow of Otto Leach; Cherry-Fern Leach, Wife of Charles M. Thompson, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Hebert, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles M. Thompson, Jr., Thompson & Sellers, Abbeville, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and KING, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

The City of Lafayette (City) instituted expropriation proceedings against defendants, Rose Richard and Cherry-Fern Leach Thompson, seeking to expropriate property situated in the northeastern fringe of the business district of the City of Lafayette. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the City on the issue of necessity. However, the City appeals the trial court's judgment valuing the property expropriated at $13.50 per square foot.

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